Marriage Restriction Amendments and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Dr. Adam Fingerhut is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Loyola Marymount University. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from UCLA in 2007. His research addresses two broad questions: 1) How are minority group members affected by their minority identity and social status?; and 2) What factors affect how majority group members perceive and interact with individuals from minority social groups?Dr. Ellen Riggle is Professor in the Departments of Gender and Women's Studies and Political Science at the University of Kentucky. She earned her Ph.D. (1990) in Political Science from the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana). Her current research focuses on the impact of legal status issues on same-sex couples and LGBT individuals and she is co-founder (with Sharon Rostosky) of PrismResearch.org.Dr. Sharon Scales Rostosky is Professor in the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology at the University of Kentucky and a Licensed Psychologist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee in 1998. Her research program focuses on the health and well-being of GLBT individuals, same-sex couples and their families.

• SECTION I: INTRODUCTION Same-Sex Marriage: The Social and Psychological Implications of Policy and DebatesAdam W. Fingerhut, Ellen D. B. Riggle, and Sharon Scales RostoskySECTION II: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF MARRIAGE RESTRICTION AMENDMENTS FOR LGB INDIVIDUALSCalifornia’s Ban on Same-Sex Marriage: The Campaign and its Effects on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual IndividualsNatalya C. Maisel and Adam W. FingerhutExamining Communication about Marriage Amendments: Same-Sex Couples and Their Extended Social NetworksPamela J. LannuttiSimilarities and Differences in the Pursuit of Intimacy among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Individuals: A Personal Projects AnalysisDavid M. FrostSECTION III: THE IMPACT OF LEGALIZED RELATIONSHIP STATUS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLESThe Longest “Legal” U.S. Same-Sex Couples Reflect on Their RelationshipsEsther D. Rothblum, Kimberly F. Balsam, and Sondra E. SolomonSocial Inclusion and the Value of Marriage Equality in Massachusetts and the NetherlandsM. V. Lee BadgettAre Same-Sex Marriages UnAfrican? Same-Sex Relationships and Belonging in Post-Apartheid South AfricaMikki van ZylSECTION IV: MARRIAGE RESTRICTION AMENDMENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HETEROSEXUAL ALLIES AND INTERGROUP RELATIONSHIPSImpact of Marriage Restriction Amendments on Family Members of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals: A Mixed-Method ApproachSharon G. Horne, Sharon Scales Rostosky, and Ellen D. B. RiggleMotives of Heterosexual Allies in Collective Action for EqualityGlenda M. RussellComparing Sexual and Ethnic Minority Perspectives on Same-Sex MarriageNegin Ghavami and Kerri L. JohnsonSECTION V: COMMENTARYAnti-Equality Marriage Amendments and Sexual StigmaGregory M. HerekSECTION VI: 2009 KURT LEWIN AWARD2009 Kurt Lewin Award recipient: Beatrice WrightKay Deaux, Henry McCarthy, and Sheryl Lee Wurl